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The age of the Mongol conquests --
Attack and defence in the late thirteenth century (c.1260-1320) --
The fourteenth century : siege warfare at the start of a new age --
The age of Timur "the world conqueror" : the fourteenth century in the East --
The early fifteenth century : changing times --
The late fifteenth century, I : Britain, France, Central Europe and the Balkans --
The late fifteenth century, II : a "time of transition" --
New weapons and new defences.

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Peter Purton.

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Peter Purton proves a reliable and entertaining guide during our journey through siege warfare in the Middle Ages. MEDIEVAL WARFARE Purton's major contribution, and it is a contribution of considerable significance, is to provide a great many hundreds of references to and discussions of sieges that took place throughout the Middle Ages not only in Europe and the Middle East, but also in central Asia, China, and South Asia. CITHARA A lasting and valuable addition to fortification studies. It is perhaps the definitive work on a feature of medieval warfare which was paramount all through that age. [...] This is a most stimulating book and scholarship apart, a rattling good read. The publishers are to be congratulated on a fine presentation. CASEMATERead more...